A Prayer against Israel's Enemies
1 Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you
ever since you were young.
2 “Ever since I was young,
my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,
but they have not overcome me.
3 They cut deep wounds in my back
and made it like a plowed field.
4 But the Lord, the righteous one,
has freed me from slavery.”
5 May everyone who hates Zion
be defeated and driven back.
6 May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,
which dries up before it can grow;
7 no one gathers it up
or carries it away in bundles.
8 No one who passes by will say,
“May the Lord bless you!
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
Banisirayilankoolu jawoolu la boyoo duwaa
Moolu ka ñiŋ suukuwo le laa, niŋ ì be Alla Batudulaa Buŋo* waliŋ na.
1 Banisirayilankoolu, ali a fo ko,
“Ì ye ntolu toorandi baake le,
biriŋ m̀ foloodulaa.
2 Ì ye ntolu toorandi baake le,
biriŋ m̀ foloodulaa,
hani wo ì maŋ i kutu ǹ na de.
3 Ì ye ǹ koo kono faraŋ-faraŋ ne,
komeŋ seneraŋ daboo ka balinsaa fara ñaameŋ.
4 Yaawe* tilinta le,
a ye m̀ firiŋ moo jawoolu bulu le.”
5 Allamaa moolu mennu bee ye Siyoni* koŋ,
ye bula maloo kono, ì ye kori.
6 Allamaa ì ye ke komeŋ ñaamoo,
meŋ falinta buŋo santo,
meŋ ka jaa janniŋ a be meŋ na,
7 nafaa te meŋ na, sako katirilaa si a buloo faa a la,
waraŋ siimaŋ sitilaa si a ke kunsiti ti.
8 Aduŋ tambilaalu te a fo la ko,
“Allamaa Yaawe neema la ali ma.
M̀ be neemoo duwaa la ali ye Yaawe too la.”
